Royal Society of Edinburgh
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Tipus | acadèmia de ciències acadèmia nacional ![]() |
Història | |
Creació | 1783 |
Fundador | Colin Maclaurin ![]() |
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Membre de | All European Academies ![]() |
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Presidència | John M. Ball (2022–) ![]() |
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Lloc web | rse.org.uk ![]() |
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La Royal Society of Edinburgh és l'acadèmia nacional d'Escòcia de ciències i lletres. Va ser fundada l'any 1783.
Aquesta Societat cobreix una selecció de camps científics més àmplia que no pas la Royal Society de londres donat que inclou la literatura i la història.
La seva seu ha anat variant al llarg dels anys:[1]
- 1783–1807 – College Library, Universitat d'Edinburgh
- 1807–1810 – Physicians' Hall, George Street, Edinburgh
- 1810–1826 – 40–42 George Street
- 1826–1908 – la Royal Institution
- 1908–09 – Àmbit universitari a High School Yards
- 1909–fins a l'actualitat – 22–24 George Street.
Llista de Presidents de la Royal Society d'Edinburgh
[modifica]- Duc de Buccleuch (1783–1812)
- Sir Sir James Hall (1812–1820)
- Sir Walter Scott (1820–1832)
- Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane (1832–1860)
- Duc d'Argyll (1860–1864)
- Principal Sir David Brewster (1864–1868)
- Sir Robert Christison (1869–1873)
- Sir William Thomson (més tard Lord Kelvin) (1873–1878)
- Rev Philip Kelland (1878–1879)
- James Moncreiff (1879–1884)
- Thomas Stevenson (1884–1885)
- Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) (1886–1890)
- Sir Douglas Maclagan (1890–1895)
- Lord Kelvin (1895–1907)
- Principal Sir William Turner (1908–1913)
- Professor James Geikie (1913–1915)
- Dr John Horne (1915–1919)
- Professor Frederick Orpen Bower (1919–1924)
- Sir Alfred Ewing (1924–1929)
- Sir Edward Sharpey Schafer (1929–1934)
- Sir D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1934–1939)
- Professor Sir Edmund Whittaker (1939–1944)
- Professor Sir William Wright Smith (1944–1949)
- Professor James Kendall (1949–1954)
- Professor James Ritchie (1954–1958)
- Professor J. Norman Davidson (1958–1959)
- Professor Sir Edmund Hirst (1959–1964)
- Professor J. Norman Davidson (1964–1967)
- Professor Norman Feather (1967–1970)
- Sir Maurice Yonge (1970–1973)
- Lord Cameron (1973–1976)
- Professor Robert Allan Smith (1976–1979)
- Sir Kenneth Blaxter (1979–1982)
- Sir John Atwell (1982–1985)
- Sir Alwyn Williams (1985–1988)
- Professor Charles Kemball (1988–1991)
- Professor Sir Alastair Currie (1991–1993)
- Dr Thomas L. Johnston (1993–1996)
- Professor Malcolm Jeeves (1996–1999)
- Sir William Stewart (1999–2002)
- Lord Sutherland of Houndwood (2002–2005)
- Sir Michael Atiyah (2005–2008)
- Lord Wilson of Tillyorn (2008–2011)
- Sir John Peebles Arbuthnott (2011–October 2014)
- Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell (October 2014-2017)
Referències
[modifica]- ↑ Waterston, Charles D. «The Home of the Royal Society of Edinburgh». Extracted from the Year Book, R.S.E., 1996. Edimburg: The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1996. [Consulta: 1r juliol 2012].
Enllaços externs
[modifica]- Royal Society of Edinburgh Website
- List of RSE material held at the Biblioteca Nacional d'Escòcia
- MacTutor: Royal Society of Edinburgh
- MacTutor: fellows
- Notes on the Royal Society of Edinburgh from the Scholarly Societies project, University of Waterloo Library Arxivat 2006-02-23 a Wayback Machine. (includes information on the journals of the society)